Flour-packer



(.No Model.)

C. P. WALTERS.

FLOURPAGKER.

' No. 279,678. Patented June 19,1883.

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. WALTERS, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TOTHE RICHMOND CITYMILL WORKS, OF INDIANA.

FLOUR'PACKER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 279,6778, dated June 19,1883.

Application filed May 11l 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, GHARLEs F. WALTEEs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and luseful Improvements lin FlourPackers, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings. I

My invention relates to that class of flourpackers in which the packingdevice is attached to a vertical shaft to which motion is given bygearing. v

My invention consists in the employment of a swinging yoke to supportthe end of the driving-shaft, carrying a bevel pinion-wheel whichengages a bevel master-wheel attached to a vertical shaft, to the lowerend of which the packing device is attached.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, forming a part ofthe same, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved swinging yokeand its connections'. y Fig. 2 is a top view of a section of thedriving-shaft and its bearing. Figl 3 is an end view of the bearing ofthe driving-shaft, showing the pivotal,

bearings upon which it has avertieal rocking motion. Fig. 4 is a topview of the yoke-driving shaft and master-wheel.

In Fig. l, A A represent the cross-bars of a frame, to which ears orboxes B and B are bolted or otherwise-secured, and which are providedwith openings to receive the vertical shaft w. The yoke C issemicircular in form, consisting of a frame 'in a vertical position, theends of which, k k', are provided with holes of a proper size to receivethe shaft 10, upon which it is permitted a lateral swinging motion. Theupper end, lf, rests upon the ear or boxing B, while the lower end, k',has a similar bearing upon the ear B. The yoke C is provided with anopening in its central portion, into which a pipe-box,\D, is inserted.This box D is loose in the opening, and is suspended therein byscrew-pins e e, Fig. 3, which, passing through the sides of the openingin the yoke, as seen at Fig. 3, serve as trunnions to support the box Dand to a1- low a vertical vibati on of its ends. This box D serves asthe bearing for the shaft o, which, extending through the box, receivesonlifs inner end a bevel-pinion, p, which engages a (No model.)

master-wheel, G, also beveled, and which is xed upon the vertical shaftw.

J is a trip-lever hinged to the framing A at H and operated bya rod, t'.The front end of the lever J terminates in a lip or jaw, which rest-sagainst the lower surface of the end of the yoke at k. The yoke C beingloose upon the shaft w, it may be raised and lowered upon the shaft wandthe pinion p engaged or disengaged from the wheel G.

Z is a collar fitted upon the shaft w, and holds the end of the yoke Cin position, and is itself held in position by the set-screw m.

In Fig. 4 the frame or yoke C is shown in position, with thedrivingshaft r, box D, screw-pins e 6, and pinion p and shaft w also inworking position, from which it will be seen that the driving-shaft 1'may be attached to and connected with the vertical shaft w from anydirection in front of the framing A A, to which the yoke C is attached,so that a flour-packer provided with my improvements, as abovedescribed, is at once either right-handed or left-handed, as may be required, or maybe operated at any desired angle between the two. The boxor ear B is fitted up with Babbitt or 'other anti-friction linings toconstitute the bearing for the upper portion of the shaft w, while theupperexterior surface is dressed smooth to receive the lower surface ofthe yoke end k, andupon which it rests in its swinging right and left.

w is avertical shaft,`having its bearings and support in the ears orboxes B B', carrying the packing device at its lower end, and serving asthe axis for the swinging yoke C.

Having thus fully described my vsaid improvement, what I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1: In a Hour-packer, the yoke C, constructed Vand operating in themanner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination of the yoke C, pipe-box D, shaft r, and pinion p,substantially as and IOO

